21 Jul 1916
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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
1
Brief note outlines manufacturers and dealers across classes of goods. Describes a comprehensive commercial reach to London and suburbs, detailing export merchants and colonial foreign trade networks and their operations.
Directory for County Hy Branley district gives names of mayor town clerk auditors and council members. It notes local court mounted constable bailiff vigilance committee and meeting schedules with names for Laura district offices and council.
General details for Laura post office including mail close times for Adelaide and Southern districts and Booleroo offices. Office hours show business and savings bank times. Money order hours listed. Postage rates indicate within the Commonwealth and outside Australia with per ounce charges and letters to the United Kingdom.
Sporting notes list multiple Laura clubs with officers and annual events. Laura Jockey Club holds two meetings yearly on Easter Monday and Brat Wednesday in October. Laura Football Club shows early presidents and premiers in 1912 to 1915. Other clubs include Laura Original Club, Laura Tennis Club, and Excelsior Ladies Hockey Club with listed secretaries and presidents.
The Boo Yoolie Agricultural Horticultural and Slonigul Tural Society, Inc. invites members to a meeting Friday at the new show grounds. Branch Agricultural Bureau requests attendance with Hall as chair and blessing from J. P. Rose, secretary H. J. Rose.
Odd Fellows lodge holds moot on alternate Tuesdays at Laura Town Hall. Campbell and Hale serve as secretaries. Community notices mention Laura Town Mall and related events.
Fragmented notes indicate Laura Telephone Exchange operations and staff changes including R F Cox and G B Hous e in a community restructuring. Details are sparse but point to a planned upgrade affecting service in Lake S. Annotations reference nearby Laka Street and Deb Daves.
Weather notes compile rainfall figures for Lacra across several year spans from 1878 to 1909 with averages around 18.68 inches. The record mentions a three year average near 17.87 inches, a historical lowest pressure on December 23, 48 p.m., and extreme temperatures with January 27 1913 as a hot day and June 10 to July 13 as cold period points.
The Laure Standard General Printing Office advertises pamphlets and items tied to the Monee Pioneer. The notice references tax forms, prices, and publications printed for local distribution. The fragmentary text lists various prices and product notes from the shop in Brerturt.
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